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During Time Warner Incorporated Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2012 Earnings Conference Call last week.

And we also have a strong games release this year, which will include the next release in the Batman Arkham franchise. So all in all, we expectWarners to post another very strong year in 2013. And, with a little luck, the year should be as good or maybe even a little bit better than 2012.

But it is confirmed that Rocksteady Studios is not developing this particular game. This could nod to the rumored ‘Silver Age’ Batman prequel that was touted last year.

It's a prequel so it won't be Clayface filling in for Joker as he did in Arkham City, it will be Joker himself but the question is, who's going to voice him? The point of killing Joker off in AC was to be the swan song for Mark Hamill.

Warner Bros. has announced the next title in the Batman: Arkham franchise will be Batman: Arkham Origins, currently in development for the PC, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and Wii U.

It's currently slated for release on October 25 this year, but there's no mention of the game appearing on next-gen consoles.

The game, which is the subject of Game Informer's latest cover, will not be developed by Rocksteady Studios this time around, instead being worked on in-house at Warner Bros. Games Montreal.

The new development team will be using many of the assets that Rocksteady has used in the past, including its customised Unreal engine so as to try and avoid any discrepancies in the aesthetic of the franchise. Eric Holmes, lead designer of games including The Incredible Hulk: Ultimate Destruction and Prototype, is heading up the project.

The game will apparently take place long before both of the existing Arkham titles, when a young and inexperienced Batman will encounter many familiar villains for the first time. As can be seen in the Game Informer imagery, the assassin Deathstroke will be one such foe, making his core Arkham game debut.

Alongside the console game though, Warner Bros. has also announced a handheld title, Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate. The game, which will be released on PS Vita and 3DS again on October 25, is set after the events of Arkham Origins and is being developed by Armature Studio, the company that was founded by several of the brains behind the Metroid Prime trilogy. With this in mind, it's not too surprising to find it described as a "2.5-D Metroid-style exploration action game".

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Now if you go by the name and what is said. This sounds like they will be exploring the beginnings of Arkham and why the city felt the need to build the mental inst. prison for these criminally insane prisoners. As well as some of the first prisoners of Arkham.

I'm a little skeptical on this and wonder if they're going to use the same voices. Conroy's voice is of a grizzled Batman. Of course there won't be a Harley Quinn and the inclusion of Deathstroke is a little puzzling as he had more interaction with the Titans than Batman.

I'm a little skeptical on this and wonder if they're going to use the same voices. Conroy's voice is of a grizzled Batman. Of course there won't be a Harley Quinn and the inclusion of Deathstroke is a little puzzling as he had more interaction with the Titans than Batman.

My bet same voice actor for Batman, thou not as grizzled. We may see Harley in it, but as Nurse Harley before she became twisted by Joker's influence.

Batman: Arkham Origins features an expanded Gotham City and introduces an original prequel storyline occurring several years before the events of Batman: Arkham Asylum and Batman: Arkham City. Taking place before the rise of Gotham City's most dangerous villains and assassins, the game showcases a young, raw, unrefined Batman as he faces a defining moment in his early career as a crime fighter that sets his path to becoming the Dark Knight. As the story unfolds, witness identities being formed and key relationships being forged.